By Philip Grecian. Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story, © 1983 Turner Entertainment Co., distributed by Warner Bros., written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown and Bob Clark; and on the book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd.

PM&L's bonus show this season has become a perennial favorite with many families. "A Christmas Story ", adapted from the book by Jean Shepherd and the motion picture of the same name, is a memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s.The story follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Goldblatt's Department Store. The consistent response: "You'll shoot your eye out." All the elements from the beloved motion picture are here, including the family's temperamental exploding furnace; Scut Farkas, the school bully; the boys' experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost; the Little Orphan Annie decoder pin; Ralphie's father winning a lamp shaped like a woman's leg in a net stocking; Ralphie's fantasy scenarios and more. A Christmas Story is destined to become a theatrical holiday perennial.

Our bonus show will run for two weekends: December 5, 6*, and December 11, 12, 13*. Friday and Saturday night performances are at 8:00 pm, *Sundays are at 2:30. Tickets are $10 each. Box office will open on November 30 (click here for box office hours).

Cast and crew includes:

THE CAST
Name	Role
Bob Wang	Ralph/Narrator
Ryan Koczorowski	Old Man
Jennifer Peterson	Mother
Tristan James	Ralphie
Braden James	Randy
Nick Knight	Flick
Shane Simonini	Swartz
Kyle Thode	Farkas
Rose Neville-Mader	Miss Shields
Terry O'Brien	Santa
Elissa Spetz	Esther Jane
Kalie Bowes	Helen
Joe Wuorenma	Scut's buddy
Natalie Olson	Girl 1
Keegan Ronan	Girl 2
Austin Bates	Santa's Helper 1
Megan Vehrs	Santa's Helper 2
Zoe Buss	School Friend
Sadie Cassity	School Friend
THE CREW
Tom Hausman / Deane Jones	Director / Co-Director
Jane Hausman, Dee Finley, Lisa Russel	Stage Crew
Ken Scheske	Lighting Design
Ross LeFave	Lighting Tech
Eric Rohde	Sound Design
Kathryn Hausman	Sound Tech